Denny Hamlin came out victorious in a tyre managem🌌ent bat🔴tle at the Food City 500 to secure his first win of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series.

The 43-year-old veteran had not won a race since the 2023 Bass P🌜ro Shops Night Race at the Bristo𒁏l Motor Speedway last season.

After claiming his 52nd career victory in the Cup♏ Series Hamlin went on to praise his Joe Gibbs Toyota team after the race to🉐 Fox Sports:

“We just had a great car, a great team, the pit crew did a phenomenal job all ꧃day I can’t say enough about them.”

It became obvious very early on that the rﷺace last night was going to involve serious tyre management, which suited Hamlin perfeཧctly. But also allowed team-mate Martin Truex Jr to fight him for the win:

“Once it became a tyre management race, I really liked our chances. Obviously, the veteran in Martin [Truex❀ Jr] knew how to do it as well.”

Hamlin believes that his vast experience on short track growing💮 up allowed him to battle for victory:

“It is what I grew up doing here in the 🏅short tracks, in the whole mid-Atlantic. So, South Boston, Martinsville, all those tracks, it is what I grew up d✅oing.”

Thi⭕s win moved Hamlin up the Championship order into fifth place in the standings, increasing his chances of a Championship battle later i💙n the season.